Production and recycling of oceanic crust in the early Earth

Tectonophysics

Volumn 386, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 41-65

  van Thienen, P ^a,b   van den Berg, A P ^a   Vlaar, N J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Archean; Crustal recycling; Mantle chemistry; Mantle convection; Numerical modelling; Oceanic crustal growth

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL RECYCLING; EARLY EARTH; MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST; TECTONOPHYSICS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 4544312603     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.04.027     Document Type: Article

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